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| The Way to Paradise is Very Hard |
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| Fatimah |
| 11/18/02 at 21:52:47 |
| [slm] The Way to Paradise is Very Hard Dr. `Umar Al-Ashqar The Final Day – Paradise and Hell In the Light of the Quran and Sunnah © 1999 IIPH, Riyadh Paradise is very high, and ascending to lofty places takes a great deal of effort. The way to Paradise is filled with things that go against human wishes and inclinations. This needs strong determination and willpower. In a hadith narrated by Bukhari and Muslim from Abu Hurayrah, the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said: "Hell has been veiled with desires, and Paradise has been veiled with hardships." The version recorded by Muslim says "surrounded" instead of "veiled." [Jami al-Usul, 10/521, no. 8069] An-Nisa’i, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud report from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam said: "When Allah created Paradise, He told Jibril, ‘Go and look at it.’ So he went and looked at it, then he came back and said: ‘By Your Glory, no one will hear of it but he will enter it." So He surrounded it with hardships and siad, ‘Go and look at it.’ So he went and looked at it, then came back and said: ‘By Your Glory, I fear that noone will enter it." [Jami al-usul, 10/520, no. 8068. Tirmidhi said: It is a gharib sahih hasan hadith] An-Nawawi commented on the first hadith: "This is an example of the beautiful, eloquent and concise speech of which the Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, was capable, in which he gives a beautiful analogy. It means that nothing will help you to reach Paradise except going through hardships, and nothing will lead you to Hell but whims and desires. Both are veiled as described, and whoever tears down the veil will reach what was hidden behind it. The veil of Paradise is torn down by going through hardships, and the veil of Hell is torn down by giving in to whims and desires. Hardship includes striving consistently and patiently in worship, restraining one’s anger, forgiving, being patient, giving in charity, being kind to those who mistreat you, resisting physical desires, etc." [Sharh an-Nawawi `ala Muslim, 17/165] |
| Re: The Way to Paradise is Very Hard |
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| The_Reciter |
| 11/19/02 at 16:17:59 |
| Yes its hard specialy for me I think I cant enter to Paradise.Allahu Aleem... [wlm] |
| Re: The Way to Paradise is Very Hard |
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| Fatimah |
| 11/20/02 at 07:37:56 |
| [slm] [quote]...I think I cant enter to Paradise...[/quote] "Say: O `Ibadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: verily, Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful". (39:53) Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Allah says: `I am just as My slave thinks of Me when he remembers Me.' By Allah! Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than one of you who unexpectedly finds in the desert his lost camel. `He who comes closer to Me one span, I come closer to him a cubit; and he who comes closer to Me a cubit, I come closer to him a fathom; and if he comes to Me walking, I come to him running". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. Jabir bin `Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Prophet (PBUH) saying three days before his death:"Let none of you die unless he has good expectations from Allah". [Muslim]. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said,"Allah, the Exalted, has said: `O son of adam, I forgive you as long as you pray to Me and hope for My forgiveness, whatever sins you have committed. O son of 'Adam, I do not care if your sins reach the height of the heaven, then you ask for my forgiveness, I would forgive you. O son of 'Adam, if you come to Me with an earth load of sins, and meet Me associating nothing to Me, I would match it with an earthload of forgiveness.''' [At-Tirmidhi]. |
| Re: The Way to Paradise is Very Hard |
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| The_Reciter |
| 11/20/02 at 17:17:18 |
| [slm] Thank you making hope for me to enter Jannah... I think I cant enter there where ashab will enter because I cant never like them. I have so few good doings and this not correct, I read story of ashabs what they have for a patince for all suffer and worries but I... I have so much to do but I cant. Or I know most of members here and read the posts, I say I'm not like them so I cant enter jannah with my doings or with my prays. Allah is best judger. I want HE judge me with HIS rahmat... I dont have so much good doings to show on Ackhirat... And the rasulullah will not look at me and I will shame to show me him and say I'm member of your ummah. There is not so much sunnah I do... Sometimes I'm happy about my suffer... Because most of muslims like me, forget to Remember Allah swt, when they are rich, or happy we only remeber when we have pain. suffer sadness and sickness... What I will is this, My Allah please dont give me anythink what will let you forget and give everythink what will remember you. And give me a dust of generous from Abu Bakr's (RA) generous, give me a dust of justiceness from Omar (RA), give me a dust of adab from Usmaan (RA) and give me a dust of ilm from Ali (RA). [wlm] |
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